Saturday, May 29, 2010

1007 - Superboy 89 - Superboy's Big Brother!

Index Number – 1007 – 1.0
Issue – Superboy 89
Cover Date – June 1961
Title – Superboy’s Big Brother!
Characters – Mon-El, Superboy
Synopsis – Superboy meets a young, super-powered, amnesiac space traveler who he assumes to be his older brother. When he collapses from exposure to lead, the truth comes out, and Superboy sends him to the Phantom Zone while he works on a cure.
Introductions – Mon-El (Lar Gand)
Writer – Rogert Bernstein
Artist – George Papp
Cover – Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
Editor - Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 1 – 1991
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007
Comments – This is a retelling of a Superman story from 1939, It was probably not meant as a Legion feature, but it features the introduction of an important future member, therefore it gets an issue number.

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